Title Democracy's fourth wave? : digital media and the Arab Spring / Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain.

Publication Info.	New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
	©2013

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 145 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Oxford studies in digital politics
	Oxford studies in digital politics.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-140) and index.
Summary	In 2011, the international community watched as citizens mobilized through the Internet and digital media to topple three of the world's most entrenched dictators: Ben Ali in Tunisia Mubarak in Egypt, and Qaddafi in Libya. This book examines not only the unexpected evolution of events during the Arab Spring but the longer history of desperate - and creative - digital activism through the Arab world.
Contents	Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Digital Media and the Arab Spring; 2. The Recent History of Digital Media and Dissent; 3. Information Infrastructure and the Organization of Protest; 4. Authoritarian Responses and Consequences; 5. Al Jazeera, Social Media, and Digital Journalism; Conclusion: Digital Media and the Rhythms of Social Change; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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Subject	Arab Spring, 2010-
	Arab Spring (2010-)
	Information technology -- Political aspects -- Arab countries.
	Information technology -- Political aspects.
	Arab countries.
	Internet -- Political aspects -- Arab countries.
	Internet -- Political aspects.
	Internet -- Social aspects -- Arab countries.
	Internet -- Social aspects.
	Revolutions -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century.
	Revolutions.
	History.
Chronological Term	21st century
Subject	Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
	Politics and government.
Chronological Term	2000-2099
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Hussain, Muzammil M.
Added Title	Digital media and the Arab Spring
Other Form:	Print version: Howard, Philip N. Democracy's fourth wave? New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 9780199936977 (DLC) 2012023604 (OCoLC)805831408
ISBN	9780199936960 (electronic book)
	019993696X (electronic book)
	0199333084 (electronic book)
	9780199333080 (electronic book)
	9781299600638
	1299600638
	9780199936977
	0199936978
	9780199936953
	0199936951

Title Democracy's fourth wave? : digital media and the Arab Spring / Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain.

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